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ORACLE TOWNE FREE: Take one ... we won’t stop you! Really. It’s yours if you want it! CRIER School has unique way to celebrate students Page 6 A community publication of Copperarea.com Volume 6 Number 5 Almost all the news, part of the time September 2016 2 www.copperarea.com September 2016 | CRIER How ‘A Sense of Wonder’ Heals s blood testing and imaging studies become more This nutrient, dubbed the antibiotic vitamin, affects over “high-tech”, “low-tech” therapies and lifestyle 2000 genes, and is vital for health and heart function. Aare proven to be the key to greater health and Dr. Mark Tarnopolsky, a genetic metabolic neurologist, happiness. As I repeat to both my clients and to myself, stated in the recent issue of Time magazine, “I’ve seen “For health and happiness, live close to nature, eat real all the hype about gene therapy for people with genetic food, and keep moving. Science will catch up.” disease, but it hasn’t delivered in the 25 years I’ve been Science is catching up. Researchers can now see doing this.” He should know. how our lifestyle affects genetic expression (our genes In one study, he took mice with a genetic disease that directing body function) in the here and now. They caused rapid aging and early death. The mice were split call this “epigenetics”, or “action upon the genes”. A into two groups, with one group running a treadmill three major epigenetic factor is sunlight, which interacts with times a week and the other remaining sedentary. At the cholesterol in our skin oils making Vitamin D sulfate. end of the study, the exercising mice had hardly aged, while the sedentary mice were close to death. He says SELF-HEALING exercise produces a slew of positive changes, both during and after, which are measurable with blood tests, and By John Huntington racle Towne Crier “exercise is the most effective therapy available to my Special to the Nugget patients right now…” James Carnes…...........................................Publisher Feelings of gratitude and thankfulness are shown to improved immune function. And finally, more science Jennifer Carnes.................................… Managing Editor be big drivers of immune system health. When we are shows how a “sense of awe” creates the same amazing Michael Carnes….......................General Manager grateful, we affirm we live in a loving, caring and helpful results, decreasing inflammation, a major cause of illness. John Hernandez.........................................Reporter environment. This experience of safety and ease has been So, recognize we can cultivate “awe”, gratitude and James Hodl.................................................Reporter shown to reduce stress, increase positive emotions, and thankfulness. Also realize that ‘exercise’ includes improve sleep and heart health. brisk walking, gardening, laundry, and housecleaning. Email: According to Dr. Doraiswamy, an expert in brain and Gratitude journaling, thanking others, smiling, and Submissions & Letters: [email protected] mind health: maintaining good posture all drive a more positive mood Advertising & Questions: “If [thankfulness] were a drug, it would be the world’s and enhanced health. Time in nature does the same. A [email protected] best-selling product with a health maintenance indication few close, quiet minutes at the hummingbird feeder at for every major organ system.” sunrise may well beat all the drugs in the world. Meditation and relaxation techniques such as breath Dr. Huntington practices Chiropractic, Biomedical www.copperarea.com Acupuncture and Physiotherapy in Oracle, Az. 520-896- Find us at Facebook.com/CopperArea following and visualization all produce similar findings of reduced stress hormones, decreased inflammation, and 9844 [email protected]. Follow us at twitter.com/CopperAreaCom Published the second week of each month. Business of- Obituaries are published free of charge in the Oracle Towne Crier. If you have an obituary you would like us to print, please email it to [email protected] or submit it online at www.CopperArea.com. You can also request our newspaper through the mortuary or funeral home. fi ce is located at 139 8th Ave, P.O. Box 60, San Manuel, AZ 85631. Subscription rates paid in advance: $9.00 per year or $5.00 for 6 months U.S. Change of address should be sent to the publishers at P.O. Box 60, San Exceptional Service. Manuel, AZ 85631. 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Family Owned and Operated © adfinity© CRIER | September 2016 www.copperarea.com 3 DIAPER BAG Milk and Oreo Cookies ere we are, the evenings are starting As our world changes faster than ever, to cool down, and summer is on sometimes parents are at a loss at how to Hits way out. The change from help their children through things that summer to fall happens whether we are they never faced themselves. That is why ready or not! Our children are back in we are here at Family First, to help and school moving forward, the change from encourage the parents to be there for kindergarten to the “big kids” school, their children. Providing our “Storytime” grade school to high school, high school program for young children to prepare to college, from college to the world of Continued on page 11 adulthood! Change happens in our lives and in this world for us all whether we are ready or not, most of the time not! What makes the difference is the people, the support, and the love we receive from those who care for us. To that young child, fresh out of kindergarten, facing “big kids” at their new school, it can be frightening. Having Mom and Dad tell them it will be fun, that they will take them to the classroom, that they will be there at the end of the day to pick them up, maybe having some milk and Oreo cookies waiting for them at home! Priceless! Just as the summer changing into fall is inevitable, our children will change into adults, ready or not! Children today face more pressure growing up than ever before, what hasn’t changed is this: children need parents, family and teachers to shape, mold, and encourage them to make the gigantic leap into the rest of their The Family First School Supplies Drive lives! Just like that first step on the moon was a huge success. Thank you to the was a small step for man but a leap for Vista De La Montana United Methodist all mankind, we are all in this together! Missions Group for the filled backpacks We all have our turn to step out onto the and the community for the donations of moon! We need to celebrate our children’s school supplies to support our teachers spacewalk! and students at Mountain Vista School. ORACLE CHURCH DIRECTORY Assembly of God Oracle Church of Christ Oracle Union Church 1145 Robles Rd., Oracle 2425 El Paseo, Oracle 705 E. American Ave., Oracle Pastor Dr. Ed Nelson Pastor Nathan Hogan Fred Patterson 520-784-1868 520-896-2408 520-818-6554 • 896-2067 Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Sunday Bible Study 10 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Evening Service 6 p.m. Sunday Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study 11 a.m. Wednesday Evening 6 p.m. Thursday Prayer Time 11 a.m. to Noon Oracle First Baptist Church Oracle Seventh-Day American Ave. Adventist Church To be included in (across from Mt. View Plaza) 2150 Hwy 77, Oracle Oracle the monthly church Pastor Rick Roy Pastor Charles Curry Grow your business! Advertise in the Crier! Saturday Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. listing, call the Crier Sunday Bible Study 10 a.m. Saturday Worship Service 11 a.m. Sunday Worship 11 a.m. at 520-385-2266. Call 520-385-2266 for more information Live Music 4 www.copperarea.com September 2016 | CRIER Sycamore Canyon Academy welcomes new director By Frank Pierson position. The core work of the facility Special to Copper Area News located in Peppersauce Canyon a few miles from San Manuel and Oracle is educating The Sycamore Canyon Academy (SCA) has youth involved with the Juvenile Court a new Program Director. Rite of Passage, System or Child Protective Services toward SCA’s parent organization, has selected lives of enhanced self regard and positive Timothy Gloston for this key leadership contributions to society. SCA’s history with the Tri-Community is multi-faceted. Many employees and students come from the local area. Community service projects devised by SCA in collaboration with local organizations have been making hands-on improvements for several years. Mr. Gloston brings an impressive resume, energy and fresh ideas to advance the mission of SCA. Born in Port Arthur, Texas, he grew up with two sisters and a brother. As a military family they moved from place to place - Germany, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Louisiana. His father rose to Sargent First Class (SFC) in the US Army during a 23 year career; his mother operates a small business in the nursing field.